That was a recommendation to IFAB, not the rule

Players are much more likely to pull out of any other tournaments to preserve their fitness for the World Cup. As we saw with Qatar, it’s all talk and players won’t quit on the World Cup.

I think you’ve misunderstood, they didn’t intend offence and therefore it’s not offensive

This is the original article, it includes non-salary pay. This is the original source, so it seems believable.

You could probably limit it to just hear the VAR side of things, we don’t need to hear the ref arguing with players. I understand why they show that for complete transparency though, and it would still be a huge step forward.

You could probably limit it to just hear the VAR side of things, we don’t need to hear the ref arguing with players. I understand why they show that for complete transparency though, and it would still be a huge step forward.

Personally I didn’t really get this, it maybe made the experience marginally better but if we’re not getting full explanations or live audio then it doesn’t help much. Maybe it makes a bigger difference in the stadium compared to on TV though.